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Vocabulary:

frankly speaking – говоря прямо

joint enterprise, joint venture – совместное предприятие legislative norms – законодательные нормы

brassware – товары из меди, латуни luggage (baggage, US) – багаж change of scene – смена обстановки pastime – времяпрепровождение reasonable price – приемлемая цена starter – закуска

a speciality – (зд.) фирменное блюдо cuisine – кухня

savoury – пикантный, (зд.) несладкий scores of – множество…

in advance – заранее

to look forward to – ждать с нетерпением entertainment – развлечение, to entertain – развлекать

UNIT VII. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.

A VISIT TO AN ENTERPRISE.

Ex. 1. Read and translate the text. Answer the questions below.

First Far Eastern International Economic Congress

The city of Khabarovsk is a traditional place of holding regional and international seminars, conferences and meetings. Its propitious location makes favorable conditions for business and cooperation and attracts investors. Some factors strengthen the system of economic ties. They are the advantageous transport and geographic position, political and social stability, status of the Federal Okrug capital, high professional, informative and cultural level of people, their young age, friendly atmosphere and opening for collaboration.

In September, 2005, the first Far Eastern International Economic Congress took place in Khabarovsk. Its major goals were stated as following:

-To work out efficient ways for economic integration of the Russian Far East among one-whole economic area and

-To develop mutually beneficial cooperation in the international market, first if all with countries of the Asian Pacific Rim.

That was shown by the motto of the Congress: “Horizons of Russian partnership with countries of the Asian Pacific Rim: people, nature, economics”.

Academician Alexander Nekipelov, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, had analyzed the economic situation and prospects of the social and

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economic development in the Russian Far East in his background paper. He stated that the regional economics had lingered, it had lagged behind the rest part of Russia and its foreign neighbors in the basic social and economic performances. Moreover, there was a danger to loose our territories and become a raw material appendage to countries-users of non-manufactured resources. Academician Nekipelov proposed some directions in economic development:

1.To improve standard of living so that to promote preservation of population in the region and stop the outflow.

2.To develop manufacturing industries.

3.To attract investments of national business and state funds, including state reserves, for prospective projects.

4.To build transportation and energy supply corridors, gas and oil pipelines, container transcontinental bridges and highways are among them.

Over 800 Russian and 120 foreign representatives of political, business, scientific circles and public organizations took part in the plenary meetings, round tables and conferences. They discussed supremely important issues like effective mineral and biological use of resources, improvement of demographic situation, transportation strategy in the region, development of electric-power and gas and oil complex, development of financial market, cross border cooperation, international tourism, complex development of engineering, power and transportation infrastructure,

To solve problems in these spheres, it is necessary to realize the projects, which could become a contribution into the development of partnership with countries of the Asian Pacific Rim and international economic community.

Among these projects are:

 Construction of highways Chita – Khabarovsk, Lidoga – Vanino,

modernization of highways from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Nikolaevsk-on- Amur, the one from Bilibino through Komsomolsky to Anadyr.

 Construction of Transkorean and Amur – Yakutia railroads.

Good roads are indispensable for the region. They will breathe a new life into dozens of remote villages and settlements and open up new vistas for the development of a number of agricultural, processing, wood-cutting and golddigging enterprises. The projects will enable to form a transmit flow of cargo across Russia, import of consumer goods from the Asian Pacific Rim to the European part of Russia.

Petroleum pipeline “Eastern Siberia – The Pacific Ocean”, oil-loading terminal in De-Kastri, gas transmission pipeline from Sakhalin to Khabarovsk.

These projects will help the Far East solve energy problem and provide with job for thousands of workers.

Modernization of the sea ports of Vanino, Nakhodka, Zarubino, Slavyanka, Possiet, Perevoznaya, Magadan and the construction of container terminal in Vostochny are also among major prospective projects.

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They have already become a linking point for import and transit of container cargoes from China, Korea and Japan demonstrating a stable growth of cargo transshipment volumes.

 Another main project is to build the second section of the bridge across the Amur River as the bridge is a part of the highway Chita – Kabarovsk.

There should be special economic and recreational zones in Yakutia, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Vanino. Each of them has some peculiarities, which enable to develop production of raw diamonds, tourism, fish processing branch or aircraft machinery manufacturing, etc…

Certainly, the social and economic development of the Russian East demands finance and establishing stable legislative norms, including the ones on taxes and other benefits for business.

Foreign participants of the Congress from Japan, China, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, the US, the Ukraine, Norway and Switzerland took an active part in discussions, expressed their will to cooperate in trade and other fields and pointed out some negative factors in the joint work, for example, bureaucracy met everywhere.

The First Far Eastern International Economic Congress became a fundamentally new stage in expansion of economic relations and cooperation attracting investments to the Far Eastern social and economic development. It showed the regional investment potential and possibilities in the sphere of trade and economic collaboration with countries of the Asian Pacific Rim. The Forum attracted attention of the Government to the problems as well as prospects of the Far Eastern economy and proved that the Region could play an important part in the country as a linking point between Europe and Asia.

Ex. 2. Answer the questions.

1.When and where did the First Far Eastern International Economic Congress take place?

2.Why was Khabarovsk chosen as a host city for the Congress?

3.What were the goals of the Congress?

4.What were directions proposed by Academician Nekipelov?

5.What were important issues discussed by the participants?

6.Which projects were considered to be supremely important to the region?

Ex. 3. Find the English equivalents to the following.

Традиционное место проведения, благоприятное расположение, создавать условия, привлекать инвесторов, укреплять систему, экономические связи, политико-социальная стабильность, высокий образовательный уровень, открытость для сотрудничества, основные цели, эффективные пути экономической интеграции, взаимовыгодное

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сотрудничество, страны АТР, партнерство, экономическое положение, перспективы на международном рынке, по основным показателям, стать сырьевым придатком, пользователи необработанных ресурсов, предложить направления, зарубежные соседи, пленарное заседание, демографическая ситуация, транспортная стратегия, золотодобывающее предприятие.

Ex. 4. Find the Russian equivalents to the following.

Standard of living, preservation of population, to lag behind the rest part of Russia, to stop the outflow, manufacturing industries, prospective constructions, energy supply corridors, business circles, power infrastructure, the international economic community, to breathe a new life into settlement, oil-loading terminal, transit flow of cargo, supremely important, partnership, international relationship, peculiarities of economic zones, aircraft machinery manufacturing, benefits for business, to attract investments, raw material appendage, major goals, mutually beneficial cooperation, background paper, to loose territories, cross border trade, petroleum pipeline.

Ex. 5. Arrange the synonyms in pairs.

Propitious, ties, collaboration, to take part, advantageous, links, major goals, in the field of, to manufacture, to work out, effective, funds, cooperation, to participate, main tasks, finance, highways, to develop, efficient, main roads, dozens of, in the sphere of, to produce, tens of, a number of.

Ex. 6. Prove that:

1.It was necessary to hold the First Far Eastern International Economic Congress.

2.This Congress became an important stage in the economic development of the East of Russia.

3.Social problems should be solved on the government level.

4.Khabarovsk becomes a centre for international cooperation.

Ex. 7. Read the brief information below and speak about the Fair in details.

Priamurskaya Inter-Regional Trade and Industrial Fair

Mission: to demonstrate investment potential and possibilities of the Far Eastern trade and economic cooperation with countries of the Asian Pacific Rim and world community.

Participants: 10 territories of the Far Eastern Federal Okrug, 245 enterprises and organizations.

Exhibitions: industrial, scientific, technical, agricultural, food expositions.

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Program: business meetings and talks, press-conferences, presentations, consultations, seminars, cultural and recreational events, contest “Gold Medal of Khabarovsk International Fair”

Ministries represented: Ministry of Industry, Transport and Communication, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Food Industry, Trade and Services, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Economics and Foreign Relations.

Enterprises and territories given their presentations: JSC “Grig”, “FE Capital Magazine”, Publishing House “Zolotoi Rog”, enterprises from the Jewish

Autonomous Republic, Amurskaya Oblast, Kamchatka, Chukotka, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Enterprises and their products and services:

Khabarovsk Ship-Building Plant – high-speed patrol boat “Gornostai”, highspeed sea-going air cavity boat “Mercury”, air cushion landing boat “Murena”, sea-going passenger hydrofoil “Olympia”, middle-class freezer trawler “Project

05025 m”.

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Association – aircraft for regional and domestic airlines “Sukhoi-80”, multi-purpose high-speed cruiser “Aviacobra”, motor boats “Amur”, “Strela”, yachts, scooters, snow mobiles, amphibian “Be-103.

Joint Stock Co “Yuzhnomorrybflot” – canned sea products.

JSC “Alrosa” – raw diamonds, jewellery.

JSC “Grig” – meat products, sausages, convenience foods.

“Kamchatintour” – Kamchatka company for foreign travel, adventure and ecotourism.

Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Molokozavod Petropavlovsky” – dairy products, ice-cream, cheese.

Ex. 8. Open the brackets and translate the sentences.

1.Yesterday they (watch) TV news for half an hour when somebody called.

2.I (work) for that firm for three years since 1999, when it was reorganized into the joint venture. 3. My executives (prepare) our samples for the exhibition since the morning, when guests came. 4. How long ___ your company (work out) that project, when you got investments from the foreign partner. 5. The Human Resources Manager (not to look for) new workers for long time, when the company started a new project. 6. The Priamurskaya fair (work) for two days, when the delegation from Chukotka had to leave Khabarovsk. 7. The students (collect) material about enterprises, which introduced their goods at the Fair for an hour, when the press-conference started. 8. This engineer (invent) sports equipment for years when he became famous.

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Ex. 9. Read about Sergei Volkov and Paul Santocs’ visit to a commercial enterprise. Put the paragraphs in the right order. Speak how you could set up your own enterprise and organize the similar presentation like Dana’s one.

A Brief Story of the Trials and Triumphs

a.We would need $ 30, 000 to buy dining room furniture and kitchen equipment and meet the added payroll expenses we would incur.

b.But how to start? I had opened Dana’s Café with money from my personal savings account. I was running the Café like you’d run a household, with cash. My accounting system was a drawer in the desk. Every day I would go to the market and grocery store to shop for the food we needed. I had no vendors. Every month I entered everything into a ledger, but my bookkeeping methods were rather primitive.

c.In conclusion let me say that the results of our expansion were impressive and far reaching. I would like to finish my brief history of the trials and triumphs by telling that we plan to increase our services. Now let me answer your questions.

d.One of them, Oleg Vlasov, handled the kitchen side of things. With his talents and the help of others we developed a citywide reputation for homemade cooking. That first year we prepared and delivered dinners to office workers in downtown, schools and kindergartens. The Café had grown beyond my ability to manage it. I was still trying to run the business in my off hours from the higher school where I worked full-time. I began to realize we could not make more profits and a greater impact in the area, if our operation were larger. The need and demand were certainly there to make a bigger restaurant successful.

e.I am glad to welcome you to our café. It’s a pleasure to show it and share our experience. We opened Dana’s Café in 1993. That was a period of crisis in economics. The Café boasted eight tables and seating for twenty four. I had two great hopes for the Café. One, I wanted a second income to help send my sons to university. And two, I wanted to create a few jobs for my friends - aged 40, hard-luck women, who could not find work elsewhere.

f.Through my involvement with the Small Business Support Program I was put in touch with President of the Small Business Support and

Development Center. He agreed to help us. Dana’s Café moved into the new building. I established relationships with vendors. Our eight tables had become sixteen and we added several women to the staff. All of them had come to self-sufficiency because of their steady employment at

Dana’s Café.

g.When I was asked about becoming a tenant in the ground floor of a long newly restored building in downtown, the timing seemed right. But I had no idea where to go about getting financing.

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Ex. 10. Ask Dana questions instead of Sergei Volkov and Paul Santocs, read the dialogue and translate it.

Paul: ???

Dana: Women working here are former teachers, librarians and engineers. Certainly, they needed skills to handle the demands of the job. Oleg Vlasov was the only professional among them. When we moved to a larger facility, the Café would attract a business-lunch type crowd and these patrons would expect professional and efficient service. So to address the issue of staff training I brought in some restaurant consultants to observe and train our personnel. Now I plan to create a classroom and hire a permanent, full-time staff trainer.

Sergei: ???

Dana: We certainly do. Last year we were able to prepare and deliver over 600 New Year free dinners to the elderly and handicapped. We are also working with local churches to provide meals to homeless folks. We involve streetwise, disadvantaged kids and give them temporary jobs.

Paul: ???

Dana: We have had a lot of famous persons through our doors – politicians, businessmen, singers, sportsmen, reporters. But the real success of the Café is that we are visited by people living and working nearby.

Sergei: Dana, you have been a success in your business. ???

Dana: I began the Café with no money, but with a willingness to work hard. If I can be an example to others, I will be glad to help and give some advice how to start a small business, how to find financing and handle paperwork. I am ready to share my opinion and experience.

Paul: ???

Dana: Our plans now are to expand into the space and to add 40 seats and as many as 10 employees.

Sergei: Dana, thank you very much for your story and presentation.

Ex. 11. Match sides A and B. Make up four sentences using the verbs below as predicates.